Pocket souvenir



PATENTED PBB.- 16, 1904.

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APPLICATION PILBD NOV. 16,1903.

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Patented February 16, 1904. Y

PATENT OFFICE.

ELLIS SCOTT, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

POCKET SOUVENIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,183, dated February 16, 1904. Application filed November I6, 1963. Serial Nol 181,277. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

' Be it known that I, ELLIS Scorr, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Richmond, in the county of Vayne and State -of Indiana, have made new and useful Improvements in Pocket Souvenirs, of which the following isa speciiication and which I decla-re to be a full, clear, and complete descrip- Y tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has particular reference to a pocket souvenir or companion designed es speaking, is to provide an improved pocket case or souvenir which will be useful and ornamental and having means for conveying advertisements in connection therewith.

A more specic object I have iu mind is to provide an advertising novelty which may be manufactured very cheaply and given away as souvenirs and which by reason of their value and usefulness will be retained for a long period of time by the person receiving one, thus eventuating in a stable advertising medium.

Other objects and specific advantages will be developed in the course of 'the ensuing specification and will be clearly dened in the claim.

My invention is most clearly illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l shows my invention open, the leaves being turned to the right in order to exhibit the devices attached to the inside face of one section of the cover. Fig. Q- shows my invention open, the leaves being turned to the left in order to exhibit the devices attached to the inside face of the opposite section 'of the cover. Fig. 3 is a` longitudinal central sectionof my invention, taken on the lines Y Y of Figs. l and 2. Fig. 4; is a cross-section of my invention, taken on the lines Z Z of Figs. l and 2; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of the invention, the section being taken on the line X X of Fig. 2.

Similar indices refer to and denote like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

I will now take up the detail description of my invention, which I set forth as briefly and compactly as I may.

vThe numerals l and 2 denote the two parts of the cover,'which may be made of rather stiff cardboard or the like Yand in some instances covered externally with leather or the like. The inner coinciding oppositely-dis- -posed ends of the cover are united by a hinge 3, which may be astrip of textile fabric pasted or otherwise secured to the outside of the inner edges of the covers l and 2 and should extend from side to side thereof and be dis- Fig. 3.

The numeral 1I designates a flap of textile fabric to hold needles or pins A, as shown, while the numeral 5 designates a strip of material extending across the inner face of the cover l and secured thereto at each end and in thecenter, with spaces between the points of securing formed l Al shape to provide a pair of guards, one for the tootlipicks B and the other for matches C, which are shown positioned in Fig. l. The fla-p 4 and the strip I prefer to secure by some adhesive, such as glue or paste, and I Erst secure the upper end .of the fia-p 4; to the center of the cover, with its final lower end extending upward. I then secure the strip 5 across the cover,y with the upper edge of its center portion overlapping the secured portion of the flap 4, and after the strip 5 is secured at its'tliree points of contact I bend the iiap et over between the two I l-sliaped portions of the strip 5 and leave it free to be used for the purposes above specified. Across the inner end of the inner face of the cover 1 I secure an abradant surface 6 for the ignition of matches.

On the inner face of the cover 2 are disposed one or more pockets, as 7 and 8, substantially square in contour and In! shape in cross-section, with flanges extending out at right angles from their sides and lower ends secured by an adhesive or otherwise to the cover 2 in substantially the position shown. The centers of the upper edges of the pockvposed in such manner as to secure said covers v, .a slight distance apart, as distinguished in IOO ets 7 and 8 should be cut out, whereby the stamps therein may be more readily removed therefrom, it being understood that said pockets 7 and 8 should be of a size to neatly contain postage-stamps of different denominations.

In this instance I have shown my device provided With eight pages, independent of the covers, the eight pages being composed of four leaves and each two leaves being of a single strip of paper, the two strips of paper being folded in the center and of a size slightly less than the covers. At the folding-crease of the strips I employ a relatively long shankstaple 9, having a relatively long body portion, the prongs of which are first passed through the hinge fabric 3 and then through the two strips of paper at their folding-point,

` after which the prongs are bent toward each other parallel with their body `portion, substantially as indicated in Fig. 5, and whereby the leaves 10 11 and 12 13 are formed and secured, as shown. It is apparent that by bending the prongs of the staple 9 back at right angles with their body the leaves 10 11 and 12 13 may be removed andV other leaves inserted in place thereof, if desired, and also that a greater or less number of leaves may be employed, as desired.

I now come to one of the most advantageous parts of my invention-that of the advertisements. It will be apparent that small advertisements may be printed on the unoccupied spaces of the inside faces of the covers 1 and 2 and on the outside faces thereof, if desired, and the pages formed by the leaves 10 11 and 12 13 will also be usable for advertising matter, or the advertising matter may be interspersed with readable matter, such as useful information or reference-tables orthe like, or if the invention is constructed solely as a mercable article the advertising matter may be dispensed with or reduced toa minimum and other matter may be placed on the pages, or the pages may be left blank for the insertion thereon of matter ventirely personal.

When the component parts are assembled substantially as set forth, it will be manifest that the covers may be closed upon the leaves, as a closed book, and the device may then be carried in the pocket of owner accessible for immediate use, and that when removed from the pocket for the purpose of removing one of the articles therein contained one or more portions of the advertising matter will be exposed and conspicuously displayed.

From the above description, taken in connection with the showings in the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have produced an improved pocket companion or souvenir embodying the objects referred to herein.

While I have shown and described the best means to me known at this time for carrying out my invention in a practical manner, I desire it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the exact details of construction shown and described, but hold that any changes -or variations therein as would suggest themselves to the ordinary person would clearly fall within the limits and scope of my invention.

Having now fully shown and described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

As an article of manufacture, apocket souvenir, the combination, a pair of covers united by a fabric hinge at one of their shorter ends, a plurality of leaves secured between the covers by a relatively long shank-staple passing therethrough and through said hinge and with its ends bent down parallel with its shank, a strip secured to the inner face of one of ysaid covers with i-shaped spaces formed between their secured portions forming pockets for carrying matches and picks, a strip of fabric secured at one end to the inner face of said cover at a point between said pockets, a strip of abradant permanently attached across the inner face of said cover between said pockets and the hinge, one or more 'stamp-pockets mounted to the inner face of the other of said covers, and blank spaces where advertising matter may be printed, all substantially as shownand described.

In testimony whereofIhave hereunto signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. l l ELLIS SCOTT.

Witnesses:

R. W. RANDLE, R. E. HANDLE. 

